Club Skater, Jin Baseman, Featured on ESPN.com
At an age when most girls are figuring out boys, algebra and personal fashion statements, Jin Baseman is doing all that — and training to become one of the top figure skaters in the country. No small task for the girl from Brookline, Mass., but given the obstacles she’s surmounted this far, no big deal either.
Baseman, who competes for the prestigious Skating Club of Boston, was born in China’s southern province of Jiangxi. For reasons she’ll never know, when she was an infant her biological parents left her in a box by the side of the road, not far from an orphanage. Exposed to the elements, she nearly froze to death. When her parents, Deanna and Karen Baseman, adopted her, their only thoughts were for her good health and happiness. That she would blossom into one of the most talented young skaters in the U.S. never crossed their mind.
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Club Members Participate in An Evening with Champions
This past weekend, a group of our Club members participated in An Evening with Champions, a Jimmy Fund benefit event, at Harvard University. Click here to view Club members at the pre-show Jimmy Fund Kids Skate event at Boston.com.
From the Evening with Champions website:
The 41st annual show of An Evening with Champions was a resounding success! Nearly 5,000 audience members enjoyed our figure skating exhibition on October 15 and 16 of 2011. With your help, generosity, and love of figure skating, you helped the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute raise over $100,000 for pediatric and adult cancer research and treatment!
For more information or to learn more about the show, click here to view their official website.
Summer’s Here & Schedule Changes are Taking Effect!
To Club Members and Visitors:
As of June 27th, our summer schedule will be in effect. What does this mean for you? For most freestyle skaters, this means that your Fall-to-Spring ice contract is over, and if you contracted ice for the summer, that now begins. You’ve likely already received your ice confirmation in the mail, and will be receiving your off-ice scheduling confirmation soon. If you have any questions, please email: Colleen.OBrien@scboston.org
For those attending our Public Skating sessions:
During the summer, we will Public Skating will not be held on Saturdays, but will instead take place on Sunday afternoons, from 2:30pm-4pm. Adult public skating on Tuesday nights will continue on, but shift to start a bit later, from 8:50pm-10:50pm. For more information regarding public skating, please see here.
The Skating Club of Boston to Develop New World-Class Skating Facility in Allston-Brighton
New Location to Include Three Regulation-Size Rinks and Increase Ice Time for Skating and Hockey
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Contact: Aimee Charest | aimee@morrisseyco.com | 617-523-4141
Doug Zeghibe | douglas.zeghibe@scboston.org | 415-215-9959
(Click here to download the full official press release.)
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The Skating Club of Boston announced today that it will develop a new world-class, state-of-the art facility at 176 Lincoln Street in Allston-Brighton to further its vision to become one of the world’s leading ice skating facilities and training centers. The Club’s future home will accommodate unmet demands for ice time, expand the Club’s public offerings, and create additional opportunities for its competitive skaters.
The Skating Club of Boston, the third-oldest skating club in the nation, has entered into a land-exchange agreement with Harvard University, trading its current location along Western Avenue, Allston for the University’s Lincoln Street property, also located in Allston. The property at 176 Lincoln Street currently houses a building shell, which will be demolished to make room for the construction of the new skating facility. (more…)
Theatre on Ice Tryouts for Encore of Boston
The Skating Club of Boston’s Theatre on Ice program, will hold tryouts for the 2011-2012 season on Sunday, June, 12th at 5:00pm.
This tryout is open to any skater age 8 and up who has passed Free Skate 1 in the Basic Skills program. Skaters will be placed on a team appropriate for their skating level and age.
For more information email Heidi MacDonald, head coach Encore of Boston novice level Theatre on Ice at: HMCC95@aol.com
